COLLEGE: Lettered as wide receiver on Western football team last fall … Transfer from Antelope Valley College (Lancaster, Calif.) … Second-team Foothill Conference all-star in football … Received school’s Rae Yoshida Award for highest grade point average … Started and lettered two years for Marauders … As a sophomore, caught 55 passes for 791 yards and 3 touchdowns … Had 12 catches for 189 yards and 2 touchdowns against Reedley College … Honorable mention all-league as freshman … Had 28 receptions for 410 yards and 1 touchdown on squad that reached Shrine Potato Bowl … Also lettered one year track … Conference champion in both 110 high hurdles and triple jump … Played basketball one year at Highline CC.

HIGH SCHOOL: Second-team all-South Puget Sound League choice in basketball as senior at Kent-Meridian High School … Averaged 13.6 points on 53.2 percent field goal shooting … Earned all-tourney honors at Capital City Classic (Juneau, Alaska) … Started two years and lettered three … Also earned two letters in football and four in track … First-team all-SPSL North Division pick in football as senior … Averaged 16.5 yards per catch for Royals and caught 9 touchdown passes … Reached Class 4A state championships twice in track, placing fourth in triple jump and eighth in long jump as junior.

PERSONAL: Major is exercise science … He and wife Jamie (formerly McBroom) have son James Laurence II, 1.